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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 10:13 am
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Originally Posted by sbm12
Also, the companies make a lot of money on product placement fees so if they aren't getting paid they may try to withhold the brand endorsement.

If you're talking about something else I have no idea.
I generally think that this is exactly right. Soft-extortion, is how I would describe it.
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